]]>http://nj1015.com/nj-transit-train-derails-days-before-scheduled-amtrak-repairs/feed/0Commuters crowd Penn Station New York (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Phil Murphy pledges more NJ Transit aid, potentially from new taxeshttp://nj1015.com/phil-murphy-pledges-more-nj-transit-aid-potentially-from-new-taxes/
http://nj1015.com/phil-murphy-pledges-more-nj-transit-aid-potentially-from-new-taxes/#commentsThu, 04 May 2017 22:18:22 +0000http://nj1015.com/?p=703321Continue reading…]]>Phil Murphy pledges to increase state support for New Jersey Transit operations if elected governor and says that could potentially require a tax hike.

]]>http://nj1015.com/phil-murphy-pledges-more-nj-transit-aid-potentially-from-new-taxes/feed/0Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy speaks at the Trenton train station. (Michael Symons/Townsquare Media NJ)The NJ Transit 'drunk' train that will likely run on time this summerhttp://nj1015.com/the-nj-transit-train-that-will-likely-run-on-time-this-summer/
http://nj1015.com/the-nj-transit-train-that-will-likely-run-on-time-this-summer/#commentsThu, 04 May 2017 10:34:10 +0000http://nj1015.com/?p=703126Continue reading…]]>According to its new schedule, NJ Transit will bring back its late night train on the North Jersey Coast Line. It leaves New York Penn Station at 1 a.m. daily starting June 25.

]]>http://nj1015.com/shattered-glass-injures-driver-of-nj-transit-bus-struck-by-bullets/feed/0ThinkstockFeds back ambitious plan to speed up Northeast rail servicehttp://nj1015.com/feds-back-ambitious-plan-to-speed-up-northeast-rail-service/
http://nj1015.com/feds-back-ambitious-plan-to-speed-up-northeast-rail-service/#commentsFri, 16 Dec 2016 20:12:42 +0000http://nj1015.com/?p=676395Continue reading…]]>Federal railroad regulators endorsed an ambitious and costly plan to rebuild the congested Northeast Corridor over the next 30 years by shoring up crumbling infrastructure, running more trains and building new tracks that would allow speeds of up to 220 mph on a stretch of the Washington-Boston route.

]]>http://nj1015.com/new-jersey-lawmakers-keep-heat-on-transit-agency-after-crash/feed/0(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)NJ Transit tops list of accidents, safety fines, says AP analysishttp://nj1015.com/nj-transit-tops-list-of-accidents-safety-fines-says-ap-analysis/
http://nj1015.com/nj-transit-tops-list-of-accidents-safety-fines-says-ap-analysis/#commentsThu, 13 Oct 2016 15:54:42 +0000http://nj1015.com/?p=664423Continue reading…]]>The railroad whose rush-hour train slammed into a New Jersey station last month, killing a woman and injuring more than 100 people, has had more accidents and paid more in fines for safety violations than any other commuter railroad in the country over the past five years, federal safety data show.

]]>http://nj1015.com/nj-transit-tops-list-of-accidents-safety-fines-says-ap-analysis/feed/0(NTSB photo by Chris O'Neil via AP)Family challenges ruling that teen girl committed suicidehttp://nj1015.com/family-challenges-ruling-that-teen-girl-committed-suicide/
http://nj1015.com/family-challenges-ruling-that-teen-girl-committed-suicide/#commentsTue, 19 Jul 2016 22:20:26 +0000http://nj1015.com/family-challenges-ruling-that-teen-girl-committed-suicide/Continue reading…]]>The family of a New Jersey teenager struck and killed by a New Jersey Transit train last summer is challenging the ruling that her death was a suicide.

]]>http://nj1015.com/nj-transit-to-present-budget-address-46-million-gap/feed/0Passengers ride the NJ Transit train from New York Penn Station to Trenton, NJ on May 14, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)NJ Transit: Engineer with DWI past not driving trainshttp://nj1015.com/nj-transit-engineer-with-dwi-past-not-driving-trains/
http://nj1015.com/nj-transit-engineer-with-dwi-past-not-driving-trains/#commentsSat, 28 May 2016 00:19:56 +0000http://nj1015.com/?p=628200Continue reading…]]>New Jersey Transit says an engineer who made headlines when a TV station revealed he had been driving trains while his motor vehicle license was suspended for repeated drunken driving is no longer driving locomotives.

]]>http://nj1015.com/nj-transit-engineer-with-dwi-past-not-driving-trains/feed/0Spencer Platt, Getty ImagesNJ Transit defends use of audio surveillance on some trainshttp://nj1015.com/nj-transit-defends-use-of-audio-surveillance-on-some-trains/
http://nj1015.com/nj-transit-defends-use-of-audio-surveillance-on-some-trains/#commentsTue, 12 Apr 2016 19:29:25 +0000http://nj1015.com/?p=613940Continue reading…]]>New Jersey Transit's director defended the use of audio surveillance systems on some of its trains Tuesday, as some questioned the monitoring's legal and ethical underpinnings.

]]>http://nj1015.com/nj-transit-defends-use-of-audio-surveillance-on-some-trains/feed/0NJ Transit train at the Hamilton Station (Annette Petriccione, Townsquare Media NJ)All aboard! Yes, even pets — Amtrak and NJ Transit now allow cats and dogshttp://nj1015.com/all-aboard-yes-even-pets-amtrak-nj-transit-now-allow-cats-and-dogs-on-trips/
http://nj1015.com/all-aboard-yes-even-pets-amtrak-nj-transit-now-allow-cats-and-dogs-on-trips/#commentsFri, 01 Apr 2016 07:45:55 +0000http://nj1015.com/?p=610632Continue reading…]]>Pet owners often consider their dogs and cats full-fledged family members, and Amtrak is embracing that by expanding a pilot program that allows passengers to bring their small pets onto trains in the tri-state area.

]]>http://nj1015.com/transportation-trust-fund-talks-posturing-not-progress/feed/0Photo by Stokes Creative Group Inc., Courtesy of the New Jersey Alliance for ActionIf NJ Transit workers strike, can they be ordered back to work?http://nj1015.com/if-nj-transit-workers-strike-can-they-be-ordered-back-to-work/
http://nj1015.com/if-nj-transit-workers-strike-can-they-be-ordered-back-to-work/#commentsMon, 22 Feb 2016 03:00:34 +0000http://nj1015.com/?p=597062Continue reading…]]>As a strike date looms, NJ Transit and a coalition of 17 rail unions will be back at the bargaining table this week to continue their battle over contract negotiations.

]]>http://nj1015.com/if-nj-transit-workers-strike-can-they-be-ordered-back-to-work/feed/0John Nagle, a NJ Transit conductor, waits for passengers to board the NJ Transit train from New York Penn Station to Trenton, NJ on May 13, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)No accord for NJ Transit, rail union as strike date loomshttp://nj1015.com/no-accord-for-nj-transit-rail-union-as-strike-date-looms/
http://nj1015.com/no-accord-for-nj-transit-rail-union-as-strike-date-looms/#commentsWed, 10 Feb 2016 18:35:42 +0000http://nj1015.com/?p=593769Continue reading…]]>Union officials say New Jersey Transit rail workers are prepared to strike if the agency doesn't improve on an offer they say would increase health premiums by hundreds of dollars per month.

]]>http://nj1015.com/board-nj-transit-union-train-workers-should-get-pay-raise/feed/0A New Jersey Transit train travels across a portal bridge in Kearny, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)New federal funding for Northeast rail brings optimismhttp://nj1015.com/new-federal-funding-for-northeast-rail-brings-optimism/
http://nj1015.com/new-federal-funding-for-northeast-rail-brings-optimism/#commentsTue, 29 Dec 2015 21:40:33 +0000http://nj1015.com/?p=580146Continue reading…]]>A $19 million line item in the new federal budget that's dedicated to much-needed improvements and modernization along the Northeast Rail Corridor is being praised as a "foot in the door" for possibly more federal funding.

]]>http://nj1015.com/nj-transit-names-interim-exec-director-to-replace-hakim/feed/0Train safety system is installed along Northeast Corridorhttp://nj1015.com/train-safety-system-is-installed-along-northeast-corridor/
http://nj1015.com/train-safety-system-is-installed-along-northeast-corridor/#commentsMon, 21 Dec 2015 16:17:24 +0000http://nj1015.com/?p=578182Continue reading…]]>Safety technology that can prevent crashes like a deadly passenger train derailment in May has been activated on Amtrak tracks between Philadelphia and New York.

]]>http://nj1015.com/train-safety-system-is-installed-along-northeast-corridor/feed/0Getty ImagesRail officials release Northeast Corridor impact studyhttp://nj1015.com/rail-officials-release-northeast-corridor-impact-study/
http://nj1015.com/rail-officials-release-northeast-corridor-impact-study/#commentsTue, 10 Nov 2015 11:42:15 +0000http://nj1015.com/?p=564588Continue reading…]]>The environmental impacts of a large-scale transformation of the Northeast Corridor rail line would be greatly outweighed by an eventual decrease in energy usage and greenhouse gas production, as well as an increase in economic activity and mobility, a draft environmental report released Tuesday concluded.